Dear gang, I'm trying to install an expert font a with a non-standard encoding vector; can't use texnansi, ec, etc.. I tried the following: 1. I created an encoding file for my font (minion-o.enc), following the syntax /encminiono[ /ornament1 : /ornament23 /space ] def 2. I placed the encoding file in /texmf-fonts/fonts/enc/dvips/minion-o; 3. I ran TeXFont: ====================================================== encoding vector : minion-o vendor name : adobe source path : . font collection : minion-o texmf font root : c:\context\tex\texmf-fonts pdftex map file : minion-o-adobe-minion-o.map source path : . processing files : all on afm path locating afm files : using pattern * copying files : afm copying : pmnrp8a.afm copying files : pfb copying : pmnrp8a.pfb no map file at : c:\CONTEXT\tex\texmf-fonts/fonts/map/pdftex/context/min ion-o-adobe-minion-o.map font identifier : Minion-Ornaments -> text -> tfm + vf generating raw tfm/vpl : minion-o-raw-pmnrp8a (from pmnrp8a) ! tokens 3 to 257 in encoding must be literal names ] def ^ generating new vf : minion-o-pmnrp8a (from minion-o-raw-pmnrp8a) updating map file : minion-o-adobe-minion-o.map ====================================================== but \showfont does not show any of my characters. There appears to be one error: ====================================================== ! tokens 3 to 257 in encoding must be literal names ====================================================== The label says: ====================================================== name: minion-o-pmnrp8a encoding: minion-o mapping: minion-o handling: default ====================================================== What am I missing here? How can I can install this font with my own encoding so that \showfont will display it? I enclose the complete encoding vector. Best and Thnx Idris ====================================================== /encminiono[ /ornament1 /ornament2 /ornament3 /ornament4 /ornament5 /ornament6 /ornament7 /ornament8 /ornament9 /ornament10 /ornament11 /ornament12 /ornament13 /ornament14 /ornament15 /ornament16 /ornament17 /ornament18 /ornament19 /ornament20 /ornament21 /ornament22 /ornament23 /space ] def ====================================================== ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523